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1.Accents: Varieties of English.
Answer: Accents: Varieties of English. SEE!!!Eng Pr p8
Within Britain and the US there are also many regional accents and regional
accents have distinctions in pronunciation.
See you tonight – the second vowel in 'tonight' is pronounced /ai/ in BBC
English but as /oi/ (as in boy) in a Burmingham accent
Are those your brother's? - The vowel in 'those' is pronounced /әu/ in BBC but
more like /au/ (as in 'now'/ in a Birmingham accent. The first vowel in
'brother's' is pronounced /^/ (as in but) in BBC English but /u/ (as in would)
in a Birmingham accent.
She was smoking- The last sound –ing words is /η/ in BBC English, but /ηg/in a
Birmingham accent, i.e the –g is pronounced.
Write the words in the right column
Successful career appear famous cinema direct director violence
ticket actor
Stress on 2nd syllable Stress on 1st syllable
Successful
1. Make the phonetic analysis of the following words:
Terrified, frustrated, impressive
3Classification of vowels according to the stability of articulation
Stability of articulation. Vowels are grouped into 3 groups: Monophthongs,
diphthongs, diphthongoids.
Monophthongs are vowels the articulation of which is almost unchanging: [i,e, ᵆ,
a:, Ͻ, Ͻ:, u, ^, З:, Ә]
In the pronunciation of diphthongs the organs of speech glide from one vowel
position to another within one syllable:[ ei, ai, Ͻi, au, зu, iә, έә, uә]
In the pronunciation of diphthongoids the articulation is slightly changing but
the difference between the starting point and the end is not so distinct as it
is in the case of diphthongs. [i:, u:]
#21 билет
1.Tails.
Answer : in informal spoken English, tails are sometimes used at the end of a
sentence to emphasise or make clearer what we have just said. We often use them
when we give an evaluation of something:
It's a really good PHOto , THAT (tail) one
She's a JUDGE, my AUNT (tail)
Tails consist of a noun phrase. They usually have a rising tone because they are
referring to or expanding on something that has been said before.
Some tails consist of this, that, these or those or a phrase beginning with one
of these words. These tails usually emphasise what we are saying:
They're all we've got LEFT, THOSE two.
They taste GREAT, these BIScuits.
Other tails make clear who or what we are referring to:
He's good COOK, Nigel (Nigel is a good cook)
Match the sentence beginnings and the tails.
f. It's so boring, _1_
this cream.
g. I think it's gone off, _2_
tennis.
h. I took them myself, _3_ the one
with the fur collar.
i. That's my coat, _4_ our
neighbor.
j. They're a bit unfriendly, _5_ most of
these photos.
Answer: a-2, b-1, c-5, d-3, e-4
2.Make the phonetic analysis of the following words:
Cheerful, conscientious, stubborn
Cheerful- ['tʃiәfl]- 8 letters, 2 syllables, 2 vowel sounds, 2 short vowels,
long vowel-no, 3 cons sounds, noise cons- voiced-no, 2 voiceless- f, tʃ,
1sonorants –l.
Conscientious- [,kϽnʃi'enʃәs] 13 letters, 3 syllables, 4 vowels, 4 short vowel
sounds, 6 cons, noise cons: 4 voiceless-k, ʃ, ʃ, s, voiced-no, 2 sonorants- n,n.
Stubborn- ['st^bәn]- 8 letters, 6 sounds, 2 syllables, 2 vowels, 2 short vowel
sounds, 4 cons. sounds, noise cons: 1voiced-b, 2 voiceless-s,t, 1 sonorants-n
3.Classification of consonants in the manner of articulation.
Acc to the manner of articulation cons. May be of four groups:
5. Occlusive
6. Constrictive
7. Occlussive-constrictive
8. Rolled
Noise consonants:
4. Occlusive noise cons: [p,t,b,d,k,g]
5. constrictive fricatives (noise cons): [f,v,Ө, δ, s, z., ʃ, ʒ, h]
6. Occlussive-constrictive (affricates): [tʃ, ʤ]
Sonorants:
3. Occlusive:m,n,η
4. Constrictive: w,l,r,j
22 билет
1 Prefixes and word stress.
Answer:Prefixes and word stress. Eng pr p34(full)
Some words are made up of a prefix and a root.
Prefix --- dis like---- root
Common prefixes include: -de-, dis-, il-, re-, un-. Sometimes the root can be
used as an independent word (e.g: like) but other roots cannot (e.g' renounce'
but not 'nounce').
In some words the prefix is unstressed and is only
made prominent for particular contrast. Compare:
A: Do you enjoy driving?
B: No, I really dislike it
A: I thought you LIKED driving?
B:No, I really DISlike it (contrast)
Other words with these prefixes have secondary stress on the prefix:
,decom'pose ,recon'sider ,unaf'ected
In words with de- and re- prefixes is usually pronounced /di-/ and /ri-/ if it
is unstressed and /di:/ and /ri:-/ if it has secondary stress. Compare:
De'grade /di-/ but ,decom'pose /di:/
Re'claim /ri-/ but ,recon'sider /ri:/
Underline the words you would normally stress in these sentences.
We weren’t able to find the restaurant.
I’ll be able to meet her family on Saturday.
She won’t be able to come tonight.
I’ve never been able to play chess well.
She can ski better than me.
2.Make the phonetic analysis of the following words:
chain, merge, genuine
3.Classification of consonants according to the place of articulation:
According to the position of the active organ of speech against the point of
articulation consonants may be:
7. Labial
8. Lingual
9. Glottal
1.Labial consonants are made by the lips. They may be bilabial and labio-
dental. Bilabial cons. Are produced when both lips are active. They are:
[p,b,m,w]
Labio-dental cons are articulated with the lower lip against the edge of the
upper teeth. [f,v]
2.Lingual consonants are classified into forelingual, mediolingula, backlingual
Forelingual cons are articulated with the tip or the blade of the tongue
Acc.to the place of obstruction forelingual cons:
Interdental [Ө, s,z,n,l]
Dental
Alveolar: t,d
Post alveolar: r
Palato alveolar : ʃ, ʒ, ʤ, tʃ
Mediolingual cons are produced with the front part of the tongue. They are
always palatal: j,η
Backlingual cons are also called velar, because they are produced with the back
part of the tongue raised towards soft palate: k,g
3.Glottal cons h is articulated in the glottis.
#22 Билет
1. Consonant clusters at the beginning of the words.
A consonant cluster (or consonant blend) is a group of consonants which have no
intervening vowel. In English, for example, the groups /spl/ and /ts/ are
consonant clusters in the word splits.
To create the b sound, my lips press together, then release. In the b-r cluster,
the r sound begins at the same time as the lips open. This creates the following
sound: /br/. The b-r cluster is at the beginning of the following words:
break
bring
brother
In order to be understood clearly you should:
• Avoid changing a consonant in a cluster to a different consonant For ex:
saying 'present' to pleasant'
• Avoid leaving out one of the consonant sounds For ex: saying 'problem'
for 'problem'
• Avoid adding an extra vowel between consonants F.ex: 'tewin' for 'twin'
• Avoid adding an extra vowel at the beginning of the word F.ex: 'estop'
for 'stop'
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct consonant blend. fr, br, fl, cl, pl
1. bread, 2. frog , 3. cloud, 4.fly, 5. Plant
2.Make the phonetic analysis of the following words:
Inaudible, memorable, mosque
3. Classification of consonants according to the degree of noise.
Answer: According to the degree of noise English consonants are divided into 2
classes:
Noise consonants: strong noise consonants: [p,t,k,f,Ө, s,f,h,tʃ], weak noise
cons: [b,d, g,v, ʤ, ʒ, δ, z]
Sonorants are made with tone prevailing over noise because of a rather wide air
passage. [m, n, η, w,l,r, j]
#24 билет
1. Pronunciation in slow and fast speech.
Define which of these situations are fast or slow speech:
1. A lecturer is giving details of timetable changes to students
2. Two friends are discussing
3. You are giving directions to a stranger
4. A hairdresser and customer talking about their recent holidays
5. Members of family are having dinner and talking
2. Make the phonetic analysis of the following words:
Cheerful, conscientious, stubborn
3.Classification of consonants in the manner of articulation.
Acc to the manner of articulation cons. May be of four groups:
9. Occlusive
10. Constrictive
11. Occlussive-constrictive
12. Rolled
Noise consonants:
7. Occlusive noise cons: [p,t,b,d,k,g]
8. constrictive fricatives (noise cons): [f,v,Ө, δ, s, z., ʃ, ʒ, h]
9. Occlussive-constrictive (affricates): [tʃ, ʤ]
Sonorants:
5. Occlusive:m,n,η
6. Constrictive: w,l,r,j
#25 билет
1.Leaving out consonant sounds: [t]
Write the number of the sentence in the table below according to what happens
to the [t] sound.
1. Almost there.
2. Have you passed your test?
3. I asked her to leave.
4. Just a bit.
5. We must be nearly there.
6. Tell us what you did.
A. No change to [t] B. [t] left out C. [t]replaced with
glottal stop D. [t]+[j] said [tS]
Answer: 1.Leaving out consonant sounds: [t] (Eng pr p64)
Write the number of the sentence in the table below according to what happens
to the [t] sound.
1Almost there.
2Have you passed your test?
3I asked her to leave.
4Just a bit.
5We must be nearly there.
6Tell us what you did.
E. No change to [t] F. [t] left out G. [t]replaced with
glottal stop
H. [t]+[j] said [tS]
3 I asked her to leave.
1Almost there
5We must be nearly there.
4Just a bit.
6Tell us what you did.
2Have you passed your test?
2.Make the phonetic analysis of the following words:
Nosebleed, infection, backpack
3.Classification of labial consonants:
Answer: Labial consonants are made by the lips. They may be bilabial and labio-
dental. Bilabial cons. are produced when both lips are active. They are:
[p,b,m,w]
Labio-dental cons are articulated with the lower lip against the edge of the
upper teeth. [f,v]